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"O tell me, father, tell me how!" "They must turn to good, if thou, forgetful of all else, canst live alone to the gods, paying a ready obedience to the Divine voice audible to us their priests alone in the innermost and holiest sanctuary." "Father, I am ready to obey thy slightest word." "The great goddess Neith, who rules in Sais, grant this, my son!" answered the priest solemnly.
Goodish and the old mare are jist alike, they are all tongue them critters. I rather think it's me, sais he, 'has the right to larf, for I've got the best of this bargain, and no mistake. This is as smart a little hoss as ever I see. I know where I can put him off to great advantage. I shall make a good day's work of this. It is about as good a hoss trade as I ever made.
But, when the throne was moved to Lower Egypt, when the kingdom was governed by the kings of Saïs, and even afterwards, when it was struggling against the Persians, these virtues were wanting, and they trusted to foreign hirelings in their struggle for freedom.
"'I guess there was plenty of room for it, sais I, 'onless that neighbourhood has much improved since I knowed it last. "'It's a sweet thing, sais he. 'Have you ever "made profession," Mr. Slick? "'Come, sais I to myself, 'this is cuttin' it rather too fat. I must put a stop to this. This ain't a subject for conversation with such a cheatin', cantin', hippocrytical skunk as this is.
A man livin' here, and who never was out of England, knows twice as much about the provinces as I do. "'Oh, you are joking, sais he. "Not a bit, sais I. 'I find folks here that not only know every thing about them countries, but have no doubts upon any matter, and ask no questions; in fact, they not only know more than me, but more than the people themselves do, what they want.
Thus we may take it as fairly certain that from 30 B.C. onwards the Egyptian festivals were stationary in the solar year. Herodotus tells us that the grave of Osiris was at Sais in Lower Egypt, and that there was a lake there upon which the sufferings of the god were displayed as a mystery by night.
His servile spirit bowed before the ruler's power, instead of arming his right hand with the dagger of revenge, and when the frantic king asked him the same question a second time, he actually answered, pressing his hand on his heart: "A god could not have hit the mark more exactly." A few weeks after this, the king went to Sais, and there was shown the rooms formerly occupied by his bride.
I'll not disguise from you, Mr. Waverton, that I am something anxious to secure you. I could not find a gentleman so well equipped for this delicate business. You'll observe, 'tis of the first importance that we should have presence, an air, the je ne sais quoi of dignity and family." "Sir, you are very obliging." Geoffrey swallowed it whole. "When I came here I confess I was at my wit's end.
"'Commong, sais he, 'how is dat? He can't get up, he can't back out, and he can't drink, and he is blacked and blued in the face, and most choked with the weight. "'What country was you man of? said he, for he spoke very good for a Frenchman.
"'No, sais I, 'if you return there will be a scene; and if you don't, if she can't account naterally for it, the devil can't, that's all. "Doctor, I felt guilty, I tell you. I had taken a great many rises out of folks in my time, but that's the only one I repent of. Male or female, young or old, I'll back 'em agin all creation."
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